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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Inej unconscious after her injury?

2. What is the answer to the rallying cry of "No Mourners" that The Dregs use?

3. What does Jesper make for Kaz from the bars of the cell?

4. What does Kaz do in the prison wagon?

5. Who does Kaz discover that Mister Hertzoon really is?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 17, how does Kaz feel when he sees Inej and Jesper arm in arm?

2. Why can Kaz not stand to be touched by other people or to touch other people?

3. What does Jesper do to help Kaz help pick the locks in Chapter 23?

4. Why was Inej taken from her family as a young girl?

5. What does Jesper find in the bin that Inej is extremely grateful for in Chapter 23?

6. In Chapter 26, which prisoner does Kaz seek out in the Ice Court and why?

7. How does Inej come to work for Kaz initially?

8. Why is Bo Yul-Bayur so important?

9. What gives Inej the strength to keep climbing in Chapter 25?

10. Why did Kaz and Jordie initially come to Ketterdam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Nina essential to Kaz's plan to extract Yul-Bayur from Fjerda? Why does Nina agree to be part of Kaz's crew against her better judgement? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why do both Nina and Matthias want to make sure jurda parem never becomes widely available? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Bardugo chooses to end the novel with an example of a monumental betrayal - that of Van Eck's betrayal of Kaz and The Dregs - as well as a major cliffhanger involving the main protagonists? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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